Hesychasm is a mystical Christian tradition of prayer and stillness, offering a spiritual path similar in form to practices ...

On July 17, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agia Marina. Marina was born in Pisidian Antioch of pagan parents. At the age of ...

Peter Mousaferiadis of Diversity Atlas can clock as many as 120,000 steps a week, thanks to his preferred way to keep fit.

Over 30,000 believers gathered at the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti to honor Saint Paisios on the 31st anniversary of his repose. A Solemn Divine Liturgy and all-night vigil ...

Great Vespers for Paisios the New will be offered at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 11, at the Rome Cemetery Chapel, 1500 Jervis ...

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson is reportedly in Greece for a spiritual retreat before filming begins for "The Resurrection of Christ" in August.

The famous Australian actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson has arrived at Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos ...

Today, however, across Greece the recipe usually combines garlic, olive oil, salt, and lemon or vinegar, with either boiled potatoes or stale white crustless bread. And skordalia is inextricably ...

Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece, authorities said on Friday. Mount Athos is one of the most ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rocked the Greek Orthodox religious enclave of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Athens' Institute of Geodynamics said.

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years.